Marc Marquez dispelled fears that lingering vision
problems will ruin the start of his second Moto2
season, running strongly in the final three days of
official testing at Jerez after missing the previous
outings.
But the Spanish Repsol Suter rider failed to
underline his recovery with fastest time ... placing fifth
overall, less than half a second off the best time.
That was set by Kalex rider Claudio Corti, who came
through in the final session to knock long-time leader
Thomas Luthi (Suter) off the top of the list by four
thousandths of a second.
They were the only riders under 1’42 – the fastest-
ever lap for the class was Stefan Bradl’s pole time last
year, at 1’42.706.
Pol Espargaro and Mika Kallio (both Kalex) took the
next two places, but all eyes were on Marquez as
he strove to make up for lost time and finally put the
effects of his double-vision problems behind him. The
injury cost him an almost certain maiden Moto2 title
last year.
He pronounced himself “very happy with these
three days. I’ve been steadily re-finding confidence
with the bike: you can't help but lose that a little after
five months out,” he said. “The next challenge will be
Qatar, and logically we won't be at 100 percent there.”
MARQUEZ IS BACK
Fears dispelled as favourite gets up to speed at tests
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